Denim Expert's Mostafiz among top 50 influential people in Denim

Mostafiz Uddin, managing director of Denim Expert, has been named in the 2021 Rivet 50, an annual index of diverse players in denim business.

He was listed in the Agents of Change category for the most influential leaders in advancing the worldwide business of making and marketing denim.

The 2021 Rivet 50 featured sustainable fashion designers, product developers, tech entrepreneurs and philanthropic business leaders in the denim business.

Rivet 50 announced the list on October 1 after more than 16,000 votes cast online determined the international honourees culled from five categories: Executives, Designers, Supply Chain, Mills and Agents of Change, according to the Sourcing Journal.

“I am honoured and grateful to all who voted me in this selection. Thanks to all my friends who believe in me and always inspire me to continue my efforts and endeavours to bring expected changes in the global fashion industry,” Mostafiz Uddin said on LinkedIn after receiving the honour.

The list also includes Jonathan Cheung, advisor and designer at Unspun; Kerry Bannigan, Conscious Fashion Campaign founder; Scott Baxter, Kontoor Brands president and CEO; Dixie Carter, Panda Biotech president; Malin Ekengren, Stella McCartney head of denim; Glenn Martens, Diesel creative director; Una Murphy, Levi Strauss & Co. director of design innovation, and more.